American Revolution
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
1776
When _______ was elected president in 1860, the southern states began seceding.
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy?
Axis Powers
Who is famous for being a leader in the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first president of the U.S.?
George Washington
Where did fighting start?
Lexington and Concord
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What country attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan
What did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fight for?
Women's rights
Who was president when the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory?
President Thomas Jefferson
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Paper goods
Fighting in the Civil War started at _____.
Ft. Sumter
What battle was the turning point in the western/European front?
D-Day
Who explored the Louisiana Territory?
Lewis and Clark
What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon Johnson
Yorktown
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War?
What battle was the turning point in the Pacific? (called a "miracle")
Midway
Who was the leader of the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
Who was the president when the U.S. re-established a diplomatic relationship with Vietnam?
Bill Clinton
Benjamin Franklin
Antietam
How did the U.S. get the Japanese to surrender?
Used atomic bombs
What is JP Morgan famous for?
Who was the president who issued the "doctrine" that said the Western Hemisphere was closed to European colonization?